The rising demand for transition minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel and copper has placed mineral-rich countries at the heart of geopolitical competition ...

Fossil fuel companies have our future in a chokehold. They’ve captured our politicians’ ears, infiltrated climate summits and fuelled and funded war. We’re exposing how far fossil fuel companies will ...

Leaching Myanmar's mountains For Zau*, a local worker, the mining boom is a rare chance to make money. He is paid 3,800 yuan ($600) in cash every month, around twice the average salary in Myanmar. He ...

The fallout from Middle East tensions underscores the peril of fossil fuel dependence. So why are US law makers retreating ...

As a hub for business and finance, the US has the tools to defend people and planet on multiple fronts. The switch to clean energy has been on the rise, so we’re highlighting the need to keep ...

Controversial billionaire Dan Gertler appears to have used a money laundering network stretching from Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to Europe and Israel to evade US sanctions against him, funnel ...

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Between 2013 and 2016 mining giant Glencore paid over $75m to Dan Gertler, a controversial businessman accused of bribing senior officials in Democratic Republic of Congo to advance his mining ...

Notes [1] From two Burmese language speakers in early 2015 to 60 Myanmar language speakers in mid 2018, 99 by the end of 2018, and further expansion between 2019 and 2021. [2] In 2018, Facebook ...

In 2012 Kaloti likely sourced at least 20 tonnes of gold linked to armed groups in Darfur, Sudan, scene of a long-running conflict and alleged genocide, and it continued to buy gold potentially linked ...

In July 2023, JBS S.A., announced a plan to restart its decade-long attempt to list shares on the New York Stock Exchange via a dual listing under a new Dutch parent company “JBS N.V.”. In response, ...

The other method is to mix natural gas (or as we prefer to call it, fossil gas) with steam. This method currently accounts for 98% of all hydrogen production. While not as bad as using electricity ...